State v. Joslin

Annabelle Clinton Imber, Justice.

The State appeals a judgment entered by the Lonoke County Circuit Court in which the court sentenced Appellee Tiffany Joslin to five years’ probation after she pled guilty to a charge of violating Ark. Code Ann. § 5-4-403 (Supp. 2005), a Class C felony, as a habitual offender under Ark. Code Ann. § 5-4-501 (Supp. 2005). Specifically, the State contends on appeal that probation is an illegal sentence because probation is not an option under the criminal code in the sentencing of a habitual offender. We find merit to this appeal and reverse and remand for…